Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Illustrations ix
4. Introduction 1
5. Part One Imperial Sunset
6. 1 Riding the Napoleonic Storms 9
7. 2 The Greek Tinderbox 18
8. 3 Muhammad Ali’s Imperial Dream 27
9. 4 Losing Egypt 42
10. 5 Out of Europe 69
11. 6 The Young Turks in Power 94
12. Part Two Demise of the “Sick Man”
13. 7 The Ottoman Road to War 105
14. 8 The Entente’s Road to War 118
15. 9 The Lust for Glory 138
16. 10 Genocide in Armenia 150
17. 11 Repression in the Holy Land 160
18. 12 Istanbul and the Arabs 171
19. 13 The “Great Arab Revolt” 185
20. 14 Hussein’s Imperial Bid 199
21. 15 Dividing the Bear’s Skin 222
22. Part Three: Unite and Rule
23. 16 The Balfour Declaration 247
24. 17 The Undoing of the Sykes-Picot Agreement 259
25. 18 Losing Syria 270
26. 19 A Kingdom for Faisal 289
27. 20 And One for Abdullah 314
28. 21 From Empire to Nation 326
29. Epilogue 343
30. Abbreviations 357
31. Notes 359
32. Index 399